Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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Club studies cultures: uests speak to youth Traveling to Magnolia, Texas in October, Social Studies Club members took a look back into history during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Members walked among jousting bouts, men fencing and actors performing impromptu skits. Students were able to participate in the happenings by joining in the skits and fencing with one another. Stonehenge, the mysterious momument in England, was the topic of a movie viewed by members at the initial meeting. Visiting the Living World Festival held in November at the Astro Hall, members saw exhibits from all over the world. Sampling various foods from foreign nations, students expe- rienced the type of diet eaten by other peoples. Skiing and trampoline dem- onstrations entertained with a show of skill. Dickens on the Strand, a street reconstructed as to resemble those of Eighteenth Century England, allowed students to witness a typical Christmas as depicted in Chalres Dickens' The Christmas Carol. Traveling in cars to Galveston Island, members mingled with characters from the pages of The Christmas Carol such as Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas past. Russian Cuisine was sampled by members during an evening at Nikita's Russian Restaurant. Students ate such Russian dishes as strogonoff and chicken kiev. Later in the year members traveled to Dickinson and dined at the Bachanial, a Greek Restaurant. There students joined in several tradi- tional Greek dances after being demonstrated by the waiters of the restau- rant. Two exotic Greek dancers and a musical trio provided a floor show for the dinner guests. Four guest speakers came to speak to Youth for Christ members on their experiences in life as well as the church. Mr. Jimmy McDonald came and spoke on his life as a missionary in Taiwan. He told of the problems he encountered, such as language and opposition to his job as a Christian mis- sionary. Youth director from First Baptist Church in Pasadena, Mr. Lamon Slag, came to a special Tuesday evening meeting to discuss with students their life as a Christian in today's society. Problems of today's youth and their hopes for tomorrow were discussed during the meeting. Mr. Tim Lowe, the youth director at Lakeside Baptist Church, spoke during a meeting and was accompanied by Mr. Clyde Miller, who played the guitar and sang reli- gous music. Mr. Burt Purvis was also a guest speaker: he is director of the Baptist Student Union at San Jacinto College. A. Senior Mark Bingham looks over the menu at the Bacchanal Greek Restaurant vis- ited bythe Social Studies Club in March. B. An ancient Aztec carving of a ruler's head from Mexico causes friendly joking between senior Pam Moore and junior Cathy Tay- lor. C. Tim Lowe, youth director at Lakeside Baptist Church, speaks to the club on a career in the church and his personal experiences with God. D. Mr. Clyde Miller is introduced to the members by senior president Mike Byerly before he entertains with songs, such as He Did lt. E. Sophomore Wayne Hebert and junior Kenneth Mitschke listen as guest speaker Mr. Jimmy McDonald talks about his life as a mis- sionary in Taiwan. F. Refreshments provided by the club members are being pre- pared by junior Rusty Smariga, seniors Cindy Withrow and Kim Klecka following a meeting at which Burt Purvis, director of Baptist Student Union at San Jacinto Col- lege, was guest speaker. G. During the Renaissance Festival, senior Kathy Corder has cosmetics applied in the fashion used by the-women of old England. Types of cloth- ing, hair fashions, the different foods of the day and entertainment enjoyed by medie- val man were all experienced by members as they walked along a trail where exhibits were set up with artifacts, paintings and food of the Renaissance. PAGE 84 ! SOCIAL STUDIES CLUB

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Experiments uphold ramid s powers Pyramids fruit flies and rats stowed in Mr Thomas Jack son s biology room evinced the long range experiments which drew students interested in either biology chemistry or phys ics into groups involved in a single analysis Teams of two to four were created to initiate and organize each proiect under the supervision of the club sponsor Mr Jackson and his assistant Dr Otis Smith One group proposed to test the alleged powers of the pyramid by building 10 or 15 cardboard structures of different dimensions Members noticed after several weeks that a raw squid placed under one pyramid never rotted but dried like jerky and a razor blade became sharper ln an animal behavior study the intelligences of a rat and a mouse were tested by timing each one s progress through a maze to the food awaiting them at the end In a comparison of the timings the mouse was declared the most intelligent Reactmg to the theory that the long submissions of scuba div ers to underwater pressure results in a decrease of male off spring seniors George Creighton and Tony Eades began prep arations for a simulation observation to the completed in the summer In determining any change in genetical structure due to pressure three pairs of adult fruit flies are placed inside a metal chamber equipped with an air pressure valve and gauge and an air compressor inflates the chamber till it reaches the pressure equal to that exerted by 33 feet of water After a week the adult flies are removed and the larvae are left The cycle is repeated and the consecutive number of male offspring is compared to that of a group of flies bred in a normal environ- ment. In addition to the long-range rojects short experiments with infrared photography the re raction of light and laser paths were conducted. March brought competition. Senior Jon Nettles received an honorable mention at the Science Fair held in the Astrohall with his engineering project. He designed a plan of temporary class- rooms at the south campus to house the north campus stu- dents in case of an emergency. Competing by tests seniors David Severin Alan Mosley Nettles and Sheree Kemp traveled to Texas A8tM Universit for the Junior En ineering Technolog- ical Society Annual Con erence while Nett es Kemp and senior Steve King attended the UIL Science Competition at LaPorte High School. A. Before beginning an experiment dealing with light and lenses sen- ior Dennis McHenry Mr. Thomas Jackson Sheree Kemp and Jon Net- tles view slides depicting the refraction of beams. B. After etherizing the adult fruit flies senior George Creighton waits for all of the insects to fall asleep so he can separate the males from the females by observing them under the microscope. an experiment dealing with light and lenses senior Dennis McHenry Mr. Thomas Jackson Sheree Kemp and Jon Nettles view C. In a test comparing the intelli- gence of a rat to that of a mouse Tony Eades releases the rat into a maze in order to time its progress in finding the food at the end. D. Unable to perform the previously scheduled laser experiment due to malfunctions in the equipment, seniors Kyle Zollers and Tony Eades try to determine the focal lengths of several lenses and mirrors. E. Using a pulse machine belonging to the Science Department, senior Clara Ferguson checks the frequency of her heartbeats in comparison to those of members Tony Eades, Jon Nettles and Sheree Kemp. F. Having the directions explained by Dr. Smith, Dennis McHenry pre- pares to find the wave length of light. G. Testing the powers of pyra- mids, Dennis McHenry hands Sheree Kemp a raw squid to place in the frame. Left in the pyramid for several months, the squid never rotted but merely dried like jerky. SCIENCE CLUB I PAGE 83

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